Thankyou, well done and congratulations to everyone who took part in the Tall Tales project this year. Here are some pics to remember everything we did…
And here are the three episodes, in case you missed any of them:
From 24th – 28th September artwork featuring in the films were installed in New Mills Festival – for the Light Up New Mills weekend. Here are the two soundscapes that went with the artwork:
DYSTOPIA: Imagine the worst version of 2070:
UTOPIA: Imagine the best version of 2070
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First up here is a mindfulness exercise from Frances Walker, which is designed to go with her Tree of Life exercise, but can equally be useful on it’s own. Feeling stressed? Wound up? Mind racing? Listen to Frances…
We are celebrating our second nomination for the Children and Young People Now Awards in the Arts and Culture category. First nominated in 2017 for our popular Film Cuts Club, this time the national awards have recognised our whole youth programme, which includes working in local high schools and early years settings, out of school performing arts and holiday clubs where young people devise original material.
In the last year we have worked with over 200 young people from Buxton, Chapel en le Frith, Bradwell, New Mills and Glossop. They have written stories and songs, made films, devised drama and dance and produced our 6th annual youth show, ‘Come Here, Stratosphere!’ which was performed at Glossop’s Victoria Hall in August. Participants have gained 34 Arts Award qualifications from entry level to level 2 and many older participants have gone on to choosing arts subjects post 16 and taking opportunities available in Manchester. For example, two members of the Film Cuts Club won places on the BFI Film Academy at Home in Manchester this autumn.
They discovered that the universe was being sucked through a black hole, and were arrested by SIRA (The Specialist Interplanetary Regulation Authority). On the prison planet they pulled together as a team and finally starting listening to their Sound Technician, who worked out how to call the Space Horses to the rescue! And don’t worry, the Black Hole has now been plugged up by a mysterious stranger using his ship to manoeuvre a ginormous space rock!
Work started in April at the Young Writers’ Camp when nearly 30 young people from across the High Peak came together for a trip to Jodrell Bank Discovery Centre, inspired by the 50th anniversary of the lunar landings. 
High Peak Community Arts couldn’t provide this fantastic range of youth programme without their range of funders; from a Derbyshire Youth Action Grant for the Young Writers’ Camp to National Foundation for Youth Music, Arts Council England, local Bingham Trust and Derbyshire Councillors’ Initiative Funds have all helped fund workshops on Gamesley and Fairfield and the 6 day summer school.
